Glove



Mar. 27, 1923. 1,450,155

J. w. WATSON GLOVE Filed Mar. 15, 1918 I N VE N TOR 75k? Wd/za/zilk/23501 WITNESS 4 MM BY W A TTORNEYS Patented Mar. 27, 1923.

JOHN WARREN WATSON, F WAYNE, PENNSYLVANIA.

GLOVE.

Application filed March 13, I918.

To all whom it malg concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN JV. l/VArsoN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Wayne, in the county of Delaware and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Glove, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a glove of novel form for the purpose ofkeeping the hand warm when in its natural bent and working position.This is accomplished by provid' ing a covering for the hand to retainheat. and by so forming the glove as to not interfere with heat supplyi. e. circulation of blood in the hand and fingers when the same are intheir natural bent and working position. The common practice in glovesand mittens intended to keep the hands warm is to con struct and formthem so that they normally lie flat. To grasp anything, therefore, suchas an automobile wheel, a hammer handle or any other object designed tobe grasped by the hand, requires that the hand and fingers must forcethe glove out of its normal flat form and into a curved position. Thisforcing of the glove into this curved position causes pressure againstthe finger tips which immediately stops or reduces blood circulation.With circulation thus stopped or 30 reduced, the fingers soon becomenumb and cold and this numbness and cold further stops blood circulationuntil the entire hand becomes cold. The hand thus becomes cold in spiteof the heat retaining qualities of the glove material or glove lining.

It has been found, in automobile mitts, as customarily constructed forthe purpose of keeping the hands warm, that the hand soon becomes verycold while forcing the mitt into a curved position to conform to thecurved section of the steering wheel, but quickly warms up again if thehand is unbent from the steering wheel and straightened out to conformto the normal or flat form of the mitt. The reason for the hand beingcold in one position and warm in the other position is simply because ofstoppage of blood circulation in the one case and freedom of bloodcirculation in the other.

It is the purpose of this invention to provide a glove adapted for thepurpose of keeping the hand warm when in its natural bent and workingposition by minimizing the pressure against the finger tips or againstany other part of the hand and, thus per- Serial No. 222,266.

and working position As is made clear by the accompanying drawings, myinvention relates to a glove so formed that, in its normal position, itis already curved and'hence requires no pressure from the hand to curveit around the object to be grasped. In a glove thus normally formed, theblood is permitted to maintain its free circulation and thus impart itswarmth to the hand while the hand is bent and grasping its object.

Various means may be utilized in constructing a heat-retaining glove sothat the same normally assumes such a position as not to requirepressure from the hand and fingers to bend or maintain the same in abent or working position. .Une eflicient construction for this purposeis shown and described herein merely by way of example, it beingunderstood that the invention is not limited to the particularembodiment illustrated as it will be apparent that many modificationsthereto may readily be made without departing from the spirit and scopeof my invention.

Referring to the drawings, Fig. 1 is a cross sectional view of my novelform of glove showing the same normally conforming to the natural curvedand gripping position of the hand. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the gloveremoved from the hand where it will be noted that the glove, unaided bythe hand, maintains this bent and working position.

One type of glove illustrated herein, which is adapted to normallyassume, unaided, a position which will not interfere with proper bloodcirculation while the hand is in its natural working position, comprisesa construction wherein the proportioning of the palm section (1)relative to the back section tends to normally hold the glove in thedesired curved position. The palm. section herein is made shorter thanthe back section. It is obvious, however, that this same normalcurvature of the glove could be secured in many other ways, such as, forexample, by merely pre-forming the glove into a curved positionMoreover, it is evident that the glove or mitt, although held togetherby a seam or seams, need not be made of the number of pieces disclosedin order to be so shaped as to cause the completed glove to normallyassume this curved position and thus minimize the tendency to interferewith the circulationof the blood in the hand when the same is held inits bent or working position.

If desired, the thumbpiece may. also be made to assume, unaided somesuch curved position as that shown in the present embodiment.

It is understood that the novel form of 15 Havingthus described myinvention, I

claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United; States:

1. The combination of a covering for the hand preformed to conform withthe natural bent and workingpositionrof the hand; and

a heat retaining lining within said covering. 2;- A covering for thehand, preformed to conform tothe natural bent and workingposition of thehand said covering onthe inside being provided with warmth retainingmaterial of substantially uniform thickness throughout.

In witness whereof, I have hereuntoset.

my hand. this 12th day of March, A. D., 1918.

JOHN WARREN WATSON.

